Welcome to the weekly recap, where we'll take a look back at the week in Legends of Runeterra. The game entered open beta last Friday (1/24/20), and is available for everyone to play for free. If you want to join in the fun, make sure you visit the Official Website to register an account and download the client.
Only 4 days into the season and Mikulas Dio (aka Pokrovac) on EU was the first player in the world to hit Master rank! You can find all the other ranked players from different regions on the Leaderboards.
Here's one of his successful decks he used to battle his way to the top.
Want to know what kind of rewards you should expect from The Vault when it unlocks each Tuesday, or what kind of odds you're looking at for upgrades? Our Vault article will answer those questions for you.
The meta for Legends of Runeterra will continue to evolve over the next few weeks as players unlock more cards, but right now you'll run into Elusive decks more than others. In this article I take a look at budget options to adapt one of the starter decks to play this archetype and also cards that different regions can use to counter it.
Take a look at some of the top decks players are using this week and be sure to visit our own Deckbuilder so you can share your favorites.
Don't miss this opportunity to take a look at some previously unreleased concept art, gathered from when Riot was designing the Shadow Isles.
PC Gamer has an interview with Executive Producer, Jeff Jew, where they discuss balance, feedback, and the future of LoR.
When discussing Missing Champions we got an awesome reminder from u/alwell that Expeditions give you a guaranteed Champion. If you hit at least level 10 for your Vault you will get a free token for entry each week.
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I'm currently leveling with this deck. It's really fun and has some great combo potential in addition to good survivability to early aggro.
Enjoying the game a lot so far!